SUBSTITUTES FOR “TALKIES”
\ CAMPAIGN has begun in the pages of English journals to abolish the use of the word “talkies/' which is considered ugly and unnecessarily colloquial. “Talkers" is the substitute adopted by one prominent London newspaper. It remains for someone to improve on Americanisms of still more recent coinage, such as “haunties,” meaning mystery thrillers of the “haunted house” type, and “weepies," or pictures following the Continental film vogue for unhappy endings.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 31
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73SUBSTITUTES FOR “TALKIES” Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 31
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